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This bill modifies public safety, labor, and criminal provisions to address issues related to accountability permits and providing identifying information.

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enacts the Utah Pilot Accountability Permit Program Act, including: defining terms; establishing the purposes and limitations of permits; addressing charitable activities; providing for the administration of the Utah Pilot Accountability Permit Program; requiring the governor to petition necessary waivers, exemptions, or authority to implement the program; creating the Pilot Accountability Permit Program Restricted Account; addressing withholding under the program; providing for the issuance of permits; providing for the creation of a database related to the program and addressing confidentiality of records; requiring an adult not lawfully present in the United States to obtain a permit; permitting a minor not lawfully present in the United States to obtain a permit under certain circumstances;

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This bill modifies the Utah Health Code to provide for state reimbursement of required medical services provided to an individual not lawfully present in the United States and to seek repayment of the money from the federal government.

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This joint resolution of the Legislature urges Congress to reform an outdated and ineffective federal immigration system and recommends that implementation of state immigration regulation proposals on certain immigration issues be delayed until after January 28, 2013, to allow time for federal immigration reform to pass.

SALT LAKE CITY â€” Undocumented immigrant college students would still be able to get resident tuition if they or their parents can show they have paid income taxes for three years.

The House approved an amended version of HB191 after some pointed debate Monday. Bill sponsor, Rep. Carl Wimmer, R-Herriman, said it's not unreasonable for the state to require illegal immigrants to demonstrate they pay taxes in order to obtain the tuition benefit.

"All we're asking for is a little personal responsibility," he said. "How could that be wrong?"

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General Description:
This bill modifies general government provisions to address issues related to immigration and aliens.

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This bill:
addresses the exemption from paying the instate portion of tuition; enacts the Utah Immigration Enforcement Act, including: defining terms; creating the Immigration Act Restricted Account; addressing information related to immigration status being sent, received, or maintained; requiring implementation to be consistent with federal laws, civil rights, and other constitutional protections; providing for severability of specified provisions; establishing the guest worker program; addressing federal waivers, exemptions, or authorizations; providing for coordination with other federal or state laws or programs, including income tax withholding; providing for when a permit is to be obtained and the uses for a permit; addressing eligibility criteria to obtain or maintain a permit; establishing the application and renewal process; imposing conditions during permit term; addressing proficiency standards for English; addressing verification of permits and the protected status of information; addressing prohibited conduct; providing for administrative and criminal penalties; providing for sharing of information related to enforcement; addressing employee verification and employer sanctions for employing an unauthorized alien who does not hold a permit; consolidating provisions in various parts of the Utah Code into the chapter; and imposing additional requirements to verify lawful presence in the United States to receive certain public benefits; enacts the Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act, including: defining terms; providing for when a law enforcement officer is required or permitted to request verification of immigration status; establishing what documents are to be provided a law enforcement officer; and requiring implementation to be consistent with federal law, civil rights, and other constitutional protections; and makes technical and conforming amendments.

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This bill modifies state law and enacts the "Illegal Immigration Enforcement Act."
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requires that an officer verify the immigration status of a person arrested for a felony or a class A misdemeanor and a person booked for class B or C misdemeanors and requires that an officer attempt to verify immigration status for a person detained for a class B or C misdemeanor, and that these actions shall be upon reasonable suspicion the person is an illegal alien; provides enforcement exceptions regarding an officer's verifying immigration status;
clarifies when passengers in a vehicle where the operator has been detained may also be questioned and their immigration status verified; requires that a law enforcement officer may not consider race, color, or national origin, except as permitted by Utah and United States constitutions; states grounds for a presumption of a person's lawful presence in the United States; provides for transportation of an illegal alien to federal custody by a state or local law enforcement officer; provides that a state or local agency may not limit by ordinance, regulation, or policy the authority of any law enforcement or other governmental agency to assist the federal government in the enforcement of any federal immigration law, including the federal requirement to register as an alien or possess an alien registration document; provides that any state or local governmental agency is not restricted in sending, receiving, or maintaining immigration status information of any person in carrying out the agency's lawful purposes; requires verification of immigration status regarding application for public services or benefits provided by a state or local governmental agency or subcontractor, except as exempted by federal law; provides that this bill does not implement or authorize the federal REAL ID Act to any extent not currently provided by state law; amends the current state law prohibiting transporting or harboring illegal aliens by removing the limitation to transportation of the alien for a distance greater than 100 miles; prohibits the encouraging or inducing of an illegal alien to come to or reside in Utah; and amends peace officer arrest authority to include making an arrest when the officer has reasonable cause to believe the person is an alien: subject to an immigration removal order; and regarding whom a detainer warrant has been issued who has committed or been charged with a felony in another state.

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This bill modifies provisions related to government in general to enact the Utah Commission on Immigration and Migration Act.
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This bill:
enacts the Utah Commission on Immigration and Migration Act, including: defining terms; creating the commission; outlining the general powers and duties of the commission; addressing integration of immigrants in the state; providing for the creation of the Migrant Worker Visa Pilot Program requiring monitoring of the pilot program and reporting on information gained; and providing for implementation of similar migrant worker visa pilot programs.